Michael R. Fenzel

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Michael R. Fenzel
Michael R. Fenzel (3).jpg
Born (1967-07-29) July 29, 1967 (age 54)
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1989–present
RankLieutenant General
Commands held3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsGulf War
War in Afghanistan
Iraq War
AwardsLegion of Merit (2)
Bronze Star Medal (3)

Michael R. Fenzel is a United States Army lieutenant general who serves as the United States Security Coordinator of the Israel-Palestinian Authority since November 2021. He most recently served as the vice director for strategy, plans, and policy of the Joint Staff. Prior to serving in that position, he was the senior military advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation in the United States Department of State.[1][2][3] During the September 11 attacks, Fenzel, as a major, was on a White House Fellowship serving under Richard Clarke. He was tasked to join Vice President Dick Cheney in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center and liaise with Clarke.[4]

In July 2021, Fenzel was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as the United States Security Coordinator for the Israel-Palestinian Authority, replacing Mark C. Schwartz.[5][6]

Awards and decorations[]

CIB2.svg Combat Infantryman Badge with star (denoting 2nd award)
Expert Infantry Badge.svg Expert Infantryman Badge
Ranger Tab.svg Ranger tab
1 star jump.svg Master Combat Parachutist Badge with one bronze jump star
Joint Chiefs of Staff seal (2).svg Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
US - Presidential Service Badge.png Presidential Service Badge
United States Army Staff Identification Badge.png Army Staff Identification Badge
BW Sonderabzeichen Fallschirmspringer.png German Parachutist badge in bronze
505 Inf Rgt DUI.png 505th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia
ArmyOSB.svg 8 Overseas Service Bars
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit with one bronze oak leaf cluster
Width-44 scarlet ribbon with width-4 ultramarine blue stripe at center, surrounded by width-1 white stripes. Width-1 white stripes are at the edges."V" device, brass.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svg Bronze Star Medal with "V" device and two oak leaf clusters
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Bronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svg Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
"V" device, brass.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svgBronze oakleaf-3d.svg Army Commendation Medal with "V" device and three oak leaf clusters
Army Achievement Medal
Bronze star
National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with two service stars
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Bronze-service-star-3d-vector.svgBronze-service-star-3d-vector.svg Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two service stars
Bronze-service-star-3d-vector.svgBronze-service-star-3d-vector.svgBronze-service-star-3d-vector.svg Iraq Campaign Medal with three service stars
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Army Overseas Service Ribbon
Bronze star
NATO Medal for the former Yugoslavia with service star
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) ribbon.svg Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) ribbon.svg Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

References[]

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government.

  1. ^ "Maj. Gen. Michael R. Fenzel". Joint Staff. January 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Colonel Michael R. Fenzel".
  3. ^ "Officials Note Progress in Afghanistan, Difficulty for Taliban".
  4. ^ Clarke, Richard A. (2004). Against All Enemies. New York: Free Press. p. 4. ISBN 0-7432-6024-4.
  5. ^ "PN947 — Maj. Gen. Michael R. Fenzel — Army". U.S. Congress. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  6. ^ "General Officer Assignments". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
Military offices
Preceded by
Daryl L. Caudle
Vice Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy of the Joint Staff
2020–2021
Succeeded by
Brett G. Sylvia
Preceded by Special Assistant to the Director of the Army Staff
2021
Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Security Coordinator of the Israel-Palestinian Authority
2021–present
Incumbent
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